Churn



(No Model.)

W'. E. DEPP;

n GHURN. No. 471,334. .Patented MarpZZ, 1892.

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WILLIAM E. DEPP, OF BROOKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,334, dated March22, 1892.

Application filed September 11, 1891. Serial No. 405,394. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. DEPP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brookville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Churn, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

The invention relates to improvements in churns.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of churns, more especially the means for securing the coverto the body.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a churn' constructedin accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of thedasher-blades. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the fasteners. Fig. 5is a detail view of one of the jaws of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a cylindrical churn-body, preferably composed of a barreland having a cover 2 and provided on its inner face with vertical ribs3, which act in conjunction with blades 4 of a dasher-shaft 5, wherebycream is thoroughly agitated and quickly converted into butter. Thecover 2 is composed of two segmental sections 6 and 7, which areprovided in their meeting edges with curved recesses 8 and 9 to form acentral bearing-opening for the shaft 5, and the latter has its upperend journaled in the cover, and its lower end is provided with a conicalcavity 10, which receives a conical journal 11, extending centrally fromthe bottom of the churn-body. The section 6 is slightly larger than thesection 7, and is provided at diametrically-opposite points on itscur-ved edge with headed lugs 12 and at an intermediate point with asimilar lug 13, and these lugs are engaged by an eye 14 and fasteners 15and are preferably formed by screws. The eye 14 is formed at cesses 23and 25.

one end of a plate 16, and it has a curved notch 17 to confine the lug13, which is inserted in the eye preparatory to manipulating thefasteners. 4

The fasteners 15 are constructed of sheet metal or other suitablematerial, and each is composed of two jaws 18 and 19, which are pivotedtogether by a rivet 20 and are slightly curved throughout their length.The jaw 18 has its end 21 pivoted to the churn-body by a screw or othersuitable means, and its other end 22 is formed into a head and isprovided with a recess 23. The other jaw 19 has its pivoted end providedwith a head 24 and has a similar recess 25, and its other end, which isfree, is slightly extended and is curved, and is adapted to be swungover the end 21 of the jaw 18 to confine one of the lugs 12 in the re-The jaws are swung apart to release the lug and allow the section 6 ofthe cover to be removed.

The sections 6 and 7 iit together to form a central opening for theshaft 5, and the latter is secured to the section 6 by a latch 26,having one end pivoted to the section 6 and its other end formed into ahandle and adapted to engage a projection 27, and it is curvedintermediate its ends to conform to the shaft and form a bearing for oneside of the same. The upper end of the shaft carries a pinion 28, whichis arranged to mesh with a drivewheel 29, which is mounted on a standard30 and is provided with a handle 31, by which the churn is operated. Thedasher-blades 4 are gained into the shaft and are arranged on oppositesides of the same and are disposed at an inclination. The blades on oneside of the shaft are arranged opposite the intervals of the blades onthe opposite side of the shaft, and all the blades have their upperfaces corrugated. By this arrangement when the shaft is rotated thelowermost blade tends to raise the cream and throw the same upon thenext higher blade, and this blade tends to throw the cream on the oneabove it, whereby the cream is caused to rise at the center of thechurn-body and is thoroughly agitated and butter is quickly produced.

It will be seen that the churn is simple and comparatively inexpensivein construction, is capable of thoroughly agitating cream and IOOquickly producing butter, and that its cover is securely clamped to thebody, but may be readily removed when desired.

Froin the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings theconstruction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readilyunderstood.

lVhat I claim is- 1. In a churn, the combination of a body provided witha plate having an eye and arranged at the upper edge of the body, acover having oppositely-disposed lugs 12 and an i11- termediate lug 13to engage the said eye, and fasteners composed of two jaws pivotedtogether and arranged to clamp the lug 12 between their pivoted ends,one of said jaws being pivoted to the churn-bod y, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a churn, the combination of a body, a cover provided withoppositely-disposed lugs, and fasteners comprising the jaw 1S, havingits end 2l pivoted to the body and provided at its end 22 with a headand with a recess 23, and the jaw 19, having a head 24 and a recess 25and being pivoted to the end 22 of the jaw 18, said jaws being curvedthroughout their lengths and being arranged to clamp the lugs in therecesses, substantially as described.

3. In a churn, a dasher provided at opposite sides with blades disposedat an inclination and having their upper faces corrugated, the blades ofone side being arranged opposite the intervals of the other blades,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

lVILLIAM E. DEPP.

lVitnesses:

R. S. IIUNT, 1l'. II. BRosIUs.

